True Presence

This is a wonderful quote from St. Peter Julian Eymard. He describes the gift of the Father of His Son in the Eucharist given to us. The saint describes this as a personal gift provided to him, and it is a person and individual gift given to him. This does not negate the gift given [...]

"O Jesus, without wishing to aspire after the favours granted to your saints, give me, I pray, the proof of your presence in Holy Communion by the unction of your grace, by the spiritual joy and generous enthusiasm in the practice of virtue." Source: St. John Vianney, The Meditations of the Cure d'Ars [...]

"In the sacrament of the altar, the Lord meets us, men and women created in God's image and likeness (cf. Gen 1:27), and becomes our companion along the way. In this sacrament, the Lord truly becomes food for us, to satisfy our hunger for truth and freedom." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, SACRAMENTUM CARITATIS (Sacrament [...]

"Believe and adore. Believe that Jesus Christ is in this sacrament as truly as He was nine months in the womb of Mary, as really as He was nailed to the Cross. Adore in humility and gratitude." Source: St. John Vianney, The Meditations of the Cur d'Ars

"Let all those devout souls who often go and spend their time with the Most Blessed Sacrament speak;??let them tell us the gifts, the inspirations which they have received, the flames of love which are there enkindled in their souls, the paradise which they enjoy in the presence of this hidden God." Source:ÿ St. [...]

"'This is My Body' - then it is no longer bread. 'This is My Blood' - then it is no longer wine. Jesus Christ has said it. I believe because He is the Truth, who does not deceive, the Power that all things obey." Source: St. John Vianney, The Meditations of the Cure D'Ars [...]

Our holy faith teaches us, and we are bound to believe, that in the consecrated Host, Jesus Christ is really present under the species of bread. But we must also under stand that He is thus present on our altars as on a throne of love and mercy, to dispense graces, and there to show [...]

"Don't be so blind or so thoughtless that you fail to 'go into' each tabernacle when you glimpse the walls of the steeple of each house of our Lord. He is waiting for you. Don't be so blind or so thoughtless that you fail to say at least an ejaculation to Mary Immaculate, whenever you [...]

"Jesus is really present under the appearances of bread and wine, as he himself assures us: 'This is my body ... this is my blood' (Mt26: 26, 28). But the Christ present in the Eucharist is the Christ now glorified, who on Good Friday offered himself on the cross." Source: Pope St. John Paul [...]